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Chapter 83 Handing over the property

Dr. Mei held the prescriptions written by Lin Shuran as if they were treasures. He was filled with excitement, surprise, gratitude and admiration. For a moment, he didn't know what to say. He could only nod his head like a chicken eating rice.

In fact, Lin Shuran could have written these prescriptions to Princess Xiqing just now, which would have made the Qing Palace owe her a big favor. However, she was cautious and serious, and sincerely thought about Princess Qing, so she allowed herself, a doctor, to read them first.

, this is also a sign of trust and goodwill towards himself, and he will never forget this kindness. From now on, he will have to "flatter" the general's wife. Maybe when she is happy, he will be lucky enough to get an eternal prescription.

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Dr. Mei took the prescription and left the General's Mansion happily. Honggu looked at Lin Shuran with a calm face, and her eyes became dark. After hearing that her behavior was very different from that of a woman from a high family, she wrote

I have never seen any of those prescriptions, so there must be someone behind her who has given guidance.

When Xu Junze stepped into the room, his eyes met with Honggu's, and Honggu immediately lowered her head respectfully and saluted him politely.

Faced with the sudden appearance of such a strange slave girl next to Lin Shuran, Xu Junze secretly sent people to investigate, but could not find out anything about Hong Gu. This woman walked with light steps and her breath was steady and powerful. She must be a martial arts expert.

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Uncle Wu is a servant of Lin Shuran's farm. How could he know someone like Hong Gu? There is no white-haired female expert in the world, but Lin Shuran trusts Uncle Wu and is willing to keep the person he introduces to her.

Hong Gu has been serving Lin Shuran with all her heart these days. Xu Junze saw that she knew the rules in her words and deeds, and she looked like she came from a wealthy family.

Hong Gu never raised her head. She knew that Xu Junze was still looking at her. In fact, both Lin Shuran and Xu Junze were wary of her. She felt calm in her heart that she had taken the initiative to come to the capital in order to enter the capital.

This is the Xu family of the general's mansion.

"You guys go down first, my wife and I have something to talk about alone!" Xu Junze asked Hong Gu and Chun Xi beside her to go out, and the two of them followed the instructions and left.

Lin Shuran was wondering why Xu Junze came home now. Recently, he would leave early and come home late. He would pull the children out of bed before dawn to practice martial arts. He would go out after a quick breakfast and come back at night.

At this moment, he asked Hong Gu and Chun Xi to go out again. What urgent matter did he want to talk to him about now? He was guessing what Xu Junze was going to say, and he asked out his doubts: "Husband, what do you want to say?"

"When you tell me this, do you mean that you want to be the first person to support the emperor's decision?" Lin Shuran looked at Xu Junze with soft eyes. She didn't know Xu Junze very well, but her first instinct was

She could feel what he wanted to say to her, and sometimes the tacit understanding between her and him was even strange to her.

If a country does not have financial support, it is impossible to talk about building a strong army to protect the country, let alone seeking benefits for the people. If things go on like this, the Jin Dynasty will inevitably lose its generals and gradually decline.

People are greedy, especially those who have been in the vanity fair for a long time. They will not allow their wealth to be taken away easily. They all say that "people die for money and birds die for food." Once you touch other people's cheese, the other person will lose their money.

I will really rack my brains and fight you tooth and nail.

The most important thing is that most of the fertile farmland in the Jin Dynasty was in the hands of the aristocracy and big landowners, and the court had a tax-free policy for vassals, royal relatives, meritorious ministers and even scholars. The land in the hands of the common people was small and thin.

The taxes that can be collected and paid are limited, so the pressure will naturally be placed on the court. If the taxes cannot be collected, the treasury will have no money. What will the emperor use to build his country?

Xu Junze looked at Lin Shuran in surprise. He didn't expect that she would have guessed some of the things he said before he said them. She was smarter than he thought. He nodded, indicating that this was exactly what he meant.

Since she lived in the farm three years ago, she has tried her best to learn about all aspects of this time and space through multiple channels. Among them, she learned from some books that the land utilization rate of the Jin Dynasty was very low, and the backward production methods and production tools relied on heaven's rewards.

The old idea of ​​rice prevented the Jin Dynasty from increasing its food production.

Lin Shuran smiled, took a deep breath, looked at him and said seriously: "You should know better than me that once you choose to side with the emperor, you will become the target of attack!"

Lin Shuran and Xu Junze both sat down in the room. Seeing his serious expression, she became even more curious.

"Tomorrow the Emperor will promulgate a new decree. All the land registered in the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Jin Dynasty must pay taxes. From now on, no matter the princes, generals, ministers or anyone else, they will no longer have the privilege of tax exemption, and the children of the royal family and civil and military officials will no longer have the privilege of tax exemption.

The land will be restricted, and the excess farmland will be handed over to the state treasury, and the court will allocate it." As soon as Xu Junze said the words softly, Lin Shuran's eyes widened, the emperor was planning to use the aristocracy to take action on the land issue.

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He is a subject of the Jin Dynasty, a minister of the emperor, a general who guards the territory, and a man who is determined to serve the country and the people, so even if he knows that there are many dangers ahead, he is not afraid.

It seems that if the treasury was not really tight, the emperor would not want to issue such a decree. This is an enemy of all the aristocracy. Even if he is an emperor, it will be difficult to implement this decree.

, there will definitely be many people who will oppose it.

"I know!" Xu Junze has never been afraid of making enemies of others. Precisely because it will be very difficult to do this, he must be the first to stand beside the emperor to support him, because he knows better than anyone else that although the Jin Dynasty has no

War, but if enemy troops really invade, the national treasury will not be able to support it at all.

However, Lin Shuran and the children were afraid that they would be targeted along with him. Of course, he would do everything possible to protect them from harm. In his heart, he also hoped that Lin Shuran could support her.

"Husband and wife are in the same boat through thick and thin, walking hand in hand. Of course I will follow you when you go east, and you can't leave me when you go west. Tell me, what do you need me to do?" Lin Shuran felt that Xu Junze must have told her this matter in advance.

There may be other things.

Sure enough, Xu Junze told her that the emperor had rewarded him with a lot of fertile land over the years. After the decree was promulgated tomorrow morning, he would hand over most of the land. At that time, Lin Shuran, the matron of the family, would need to hand over the land property documents.

To the court.

"You don't have to wait until tomorrow, I'll get it for you now!" Lin Shuran took the key and went to the warehouse in person. She took out the small box containing the Xu family's property documents, and then handed it to Xu Junze who was waiting there with both hands.

Xu Junze took the box and took a deep look at her. There are some things that a husband and wife don't need to say. They can understand each other with just one look. What more can a husband ask for when he has a wife like this!
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